Henry Macintosh

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold	1912 Stockholm	4x100m relay

Henry Maitland Macintosh (June 10, 1892, Kelso - July 26, 1918) was a Scottish athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Macintosh was educated at Glenalmond College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. At the Stockholm Olympics, Henry Macintosh was eliminated in the first round of 100 m and did not finish in the semifinal of 200 m. As the Second leg in the British 4x100 m relay team, he won a gold medal, in spite of finishing second after United States in the semifinal. United States was later disqualified for a fault in passing the baton, the same mistake was made in the final by world record holder and main favourite German team.

Commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Macintosh died at age 26, from wounds sustained during the Second Battle of the Somme, in 1918.

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